People Moves: Nomura; Goldman Sachs/Talos; Rathbone Brothers; and More

Sameer Jain joins Nomura as chief information officer for wholesale

Investment bank Nomura has appointed Sameer Jain as chief information officer for its global wholesale business. Jain will be based in New York and will report to Jonathan Lewis, chief administrative officer and Nomura Europe CEO, and Steve Ashley, head of the wholesale division. He will also report locally to Yo Akatsuka, president and CEO of Nomura Holdings America.

Jain will oversee the bank’s wholesale IT and operations. He will also join the wholesale executive committee and CAO division executive committee.

Jain previously worked at Barclays, having held several senior technology roles, including group chief technology officer, chief information officer and head of change, and co-chief information officer for the UK investment bank. Prior to joining Barclays in 2006, he was director and global head of credit derivatives technology and UBS.

Goldman Sachs digital asset exec joins Talos

Talos, a technology infrastructure provider that supports institutional trading of digital assets, has hired Justin Schmidt as its head of strategy.

Schmidt comes to Talos from Goldman Sachs, where he served as head of digital asset markets from 2018. He was responsible for the global investment bank’s crypto trading desk in global markets and overall digital asset strategy.

The Talos platform went live in 2019 and includes a suite of solutions designed to support the full crypto trading lifecycle.

Schmidt comes to Talos with a 17-year track record in financial services, having worked for investment management firms and hedge funds in New York and London.

Stephen Wood joins Rathbone Brothers as senior business change manager

Stephen Wood has joined Rathbone Brothers, a UK-based investment manager, as senior business change manager. Wood previously held the role of global head of enterprise deployment at OpenFin, a provider of financial desktop solutions.

He assumed the role in April and is in the process of hiring a business change manager to work in his team.

“I’m excited by the opportunities and challenges ahead and look forward to leading transformation across Rathbones Asset Management business, marketing and distribution.” Wood wrote in a post on his LinkedIn profile. 

Andrew Robson, appointed CEO of MackeyRMS and InsiderScore

Andrew Robson has been appointed CEO of the combined businesses MackeyRMS, a provider of SaaS-based research management tech, and InsiderScore, a provider of data analytics.

Robson joined as CEO on April 1 and will lead the combined business expansion of the company’s investment data, analytics, and software solutions for investment managers across North America, Emea and Apac. He is responsible for consolidating MackeyRMS, InsiderScore, and InFilings platforms under a new corporate brand, to be unveiled later this year.

Robson joins as CEO after serving five years as president and chief revenue officer at Earnest Research, an alternative data platform that targets institutional investors, corporations, and consulting firms. Prior to Earnest, Robson spent 12 years at Gerson Lehrmam Group, where he was an early employee and held various roles, including head of sales at GLG’s largest business unit.

Credit Benchmark appoints Thomas Gilligan as chief commercial officer

Credit Benchmark, a provider of credit-based analytics has appointed Thomas Gilligan as its chief commercial officer, effective immediately.

Gilligan will be based in Credit Benchmark’s New York office and will head up the firm’s global commercial team. He will be responsible for its global go-to-market strategy and distribution channels.

Prior to joining Credit Benchmark, Gilligan served as head of Americas equity sales at IHS Markit and was also a founding member of the IHS Markit alternative data committee. He joined IHS Markit in 2012, following its acquisition of Data Explorers.

EOSE appoints Dan Marcus as strategic advisor

EOSE, a provider of market data solutions, has appointed Dan Marcus as a strategic advisor to help support the firm’s next stage of development.

Prior to EOSE, Marcus held the role of head of strategy and business at Tradition and senior legal counsel at the London Stock Exchange. He was responsible for the development and implementation of strategic initiatives for Tradition and was the co-head of its Emea business, managed out of London. He also worked with the industry to assist in the creation of the ICE Swap Rate and Term Sonia.

Marcus will join EOSE’s advisory board, which also includes KPMG’s Asset Management Advisory team, headed up by Daniel Page. He is also the CEO of MarcX Limited, a business consultancy firm.